A People's History of English and American LiteratureWith special emphasis on literary merit, this book chronicles the literature of the great nations of Britain and America from their earliest origins to the twenty-first century. |
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... letters titled Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) to an English friend " Mr. F. B. " in which he reported his experiences in America . In the third letter he defines this new American in a piece often referenced as What Is An ...
... letters titled Letters from an American Farmer ( 1782 ) to an English friend " Mr. F. B. " in which he reported his experiences in America . In the third letter he defines this new American in a piece often referenced as What Is An ...
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... letters in a big round hand . I copied all the letters in a hand so free , And now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Na - vee . And of course the lad advances meteorically from verse to verse and chorus to chorus to new heights of satire ...
... letters in a big round hand . I copied all the letters in a hand so free , And now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Na - vee . And of course the lad advances meteorically from verse to verse and chorus to chorus to new heights of satire ...
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... letters are livelier and more witty than those of his contemporaries and are listed only behind those of Byron and Keats as great letters of English literature , true particularly in De Profundus ( 1905 ) which remains today an ...
... letters are livelier and more witty than those of his contemporaries and are listed only behind those of Byron and Keats as great letters of English literature , true particularly in De Profundus ( 1905 ) which remains today an ...
Contents
The AngloSaxon or Old English Period 4501066 | 1 |
The Revival of Learning and the Renaissance 14851660 | 11 |
The Puritan Interlude 16401660 | 23 |
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